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The University Daily
Kansas City tops Toronto 2-1 as the 1985 season begins. See story on page 13.
KANSAN
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Vol. 95. No.127 (USPS 650-640)
Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas
Tuesday, April 9, 1985
University budget approved in House
By MICHAEL TOTTY Staff Reporter
TOPEKA - The Kansas House yesterday approved a fiscal year 1986 budget for the seven Board of Regents schools that further reduces the increases requested by the Regents and Gov. John Carlin.
The House approved by a 101-21 vote the budget recommended by its Ways and Means Committee last week. The committee has approved the budget and the Senate approved last month by the Kansas Senate.
The $645 million appropriations bill now will be returned to the Senate, which is expected to reject the cuts made in the schools' proposed budgets by the House Committee. The Senate then would ask for a conference committee made up of members of both chambers to reach a compromise on the budget.
HOUSE MEMBERS who opposed the reduced Regents budget decided to wait for the conference committee and not fight to restore some of the lost money on the House
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence said opposition to the Senate's budget by the Republican majority in the House made it difficult to fight on the floor to restore the budget cuts.
"We have hopes that some of that will be restored in committee." Branson said. "We decided that it would be risky to try to get it amended on the floor.
This kind of vote comes down on a partisan basis. If they get defeated on the
floor, it's harder to get them reinstated in the conference committee."
State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, said some of the reductions were made to give the House a position to bargain with the Senate in the conference committee.
"IT WOULD HAVE been a tactical error to make those changes on the floor," Solbach said. "We expect some of the cuts to be restored in the conference committee."
For KU, the House approved about $80,000
BUSINESS
Scrambling for Credit
Students may be surprised how easy it is to obtain.
like Godwin lusted after a personal M computer. He knew he could make regular payments, since he was working full time while attending the University of Texas, but because he had no credit record, no store would buy him purchase card, buy "buy." Godwin said, "but nobody wanted to have me." Then he applied for an American Express card. In a few weeks he received in the mail a T shirt that read, "Do you know me?" A few
the national credit-reporting agencies for an applicant's "credit history"—time payments, late payments, overdue debts—and a blank page offers no hint of reliability. But major creditors treat college students differently, because they itch for student business. The student population is large, the faculty is large, and the American Express's Porges. "We have found them to be a better audience than our average new card member." Bob Gibson,
program because you go to one school versus another学校."
Because creditors want students, they also take skimpy credit histories into account, accepting any but those who have already damaged their records. Richard Skagen of Sears, which has 68 million credit cards in circulation, says that the college years are "the only time when no credit record will work to your advantage. We feel that's a positive indicator that [students] have not abused credit."
Housing to move in
To establish credit worthiness, many advisers recommend, first-time credit applicants should start small. Gerd Schanz of the credit-reporting firm TRW says the first step is to "establish a relationship with a local bank" through checking and sav-
By MICHELLE T. JOHNSON Staff Reporter
A new director of housing has been picked to succeed J.J. Wilson, who is retiring this year after 30 years in the position.
Kenneth L. Stoner, associate director of residence halls at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, has been chosen to replace Wilson, the office of student affairs announced yesterday.
A search committee composed of faculty representatives, housing office personnel and presidents of student housing organizations read applications and interviewed applicants for the position. The search began in December.
Stoner was one of four finalists, all of whom visited the university in the past two months
Fish tales on banks o
By MICHELLE WORRALL Staff Reporter
A whale of a tale lurks in the Kaw River across from the old Bowersock Mill.
For years, fishermen have traded stories about monster sized catfish that were as big as a dog.
"Years and years ago I caught an 80-foot cat," said Ernest Higgins, a Lawrence resident who grew up along the river. "And I remember you have to fight 'em' 'til they give up."
In warm weather, fishermen gather by the dam across from Bowersock Mills and Power Co. Sixth and New York streets, in the old neighborhood, are proppery and perhaps a few minutes of fame.
Snapshots of grinning fishermen proudly posing with their hefty catches are tacked on a wall of Higgins Bait Shop. Second from the left, east from Lawrence Riverfront Park.
The lure of landing a big one drew lawrence residents Jim Russell and Mark Rendle into the business.
Sounds of fishy, doesn't it? But this isn't another tale about the big one that gets away — there's proof.
WITH PIN-POINT accuracy Russell cast with a side arm motion. His line, laden with sinkers and worms, gracefully swept by the water and plunked into the depths of the river.
Bigger, however, took a more relaxed approach to fishing. He lounged on a rock
LAWRENCE'S GIANT catfish could mean big bucks for Mrs. Paul. For example, one 85- pound catfish would be the equivalent of 1,800 crunchy, lightly battered fishsticks.
LAST YEAR, THE BIGGEST鱼 dragged into the out door shop weighed 61 pounds, said Steve Hunt. "I always try to buy a bigger one."
Multiple choice: Students are 'extremely responsible . . . better than the average new member
weeks after that came the card, which he used as a credential to swing financing. "I walked into an Apple store with instant credit," Godwin says, "and walked out with a computer."
Even students who don't have specific purchases in mind are discovering the value of credit. Some want credit cards for their ID value, others hanker after the status rush of being able to say, "Put it on my card." More important, they want to buy things when they don't have ready cash. And most are aware of the importance of a credit record. "Students recognize that establishing credit is important to all their future endeavors," says Shelley Porges, director of consumer marketing at American Express.
At first glance, establishing credit may seem difficult for students. Before extending credit, most businesses will ask one of
president of the National Foundation for Consumer Credit, says that creditors hope "to lock in [the student market] prior to graduation."
Creditors woo students with splashy promotions on campuses and by offering special terms for student applicants, especially graduating seniors and graduate students. American Express, which normally doesn't budge unless the applicant makes $15,000 a year and has a clean credit record, will sell a card to students who have a $10,000-a-year job lined up after graduation. Credit officers promise that fine-art and humanities majors get the same breaks as those in business and engineering. And though companies target certain large, prestigious campuses for the hard sell, Daniel Staub of the Mellon Bank Charge Services Group insists that "you're not going to be excluded from the
ings accounts. Many credit builders then take out a small loan that they can repay over time whether they need the money or not. Buying a new stereo on credit, even if the cash is at hand, might also be helpful. Addimu may unnecessary financial charges or credit professionals concede, but shopping for good terms, like shopping for the best purchase price, can minimize those charges.
O or student can plunge into the multitudinous world of credit cards. Retail or
store cards provide a jumping-on point, since they are often the easiest plastic money to get. Most retail cards offer "revolving credit," in which the buyer pays a minimum balance each month plus interest on the rest of his debt. The major retail chains and the big oil companies offer charge cards, and frequently push them with a high-powered college sales drive. By buying underwear and socks at a department store and paying with plastic instead of cash, a consumer can build a credit rating painlessly. Skagen of the Sears credit department mails a letter to 1.5 million students each year and wants to add to his list. "We're reaching in excess of 85 percent of upper-class college students," Skagen says, and Sears also accepts applications from freshmen and sophomores.
Students who open bank accounts can often pick up bank credit cards, of which MasterCard and Visa are the best known. These cards also offer revolving credit. Since the interest rates are high and the business generally lucrative, individual banks run promotions to attract students. Some will allow a student to open a charge account and guarantee the credit line with his savings account. Whether the bills are paid by the customer directly or out of the account varies from bank to bank.
NEWSWEEK ON CAMPUS/APRIL 1985
"any keep em when it than two pounds." he said.
the catfish congregate by the dam, said Ernest Higgins, Lawrence resident, because it is their nature to swim upstream and the dam blocks their path.
"People just don't catch 'em, so they yrow." he said.
But many years ago, fishermen dove into the water with large hooks lashed to their wrists to try to snare the big catfish, also known flatheads, he said.
"Everyone assumed that he went under the dam," Judy Higgins said. "But they
According to an old fisherman's tale, a man dove into the water and never came back.
And when these fish bite, they really bite.
"I didn't do it," Higgins said. "I didn't want to tangle with no fish in the water. They have rough teeth like a man's wiskers. They can tear a man's hide off."
"Yeah, you know when you have a big one on your line," Russell said.
Harvey Hasler, manager of Lunker Bait and Tackle, 951 E. 23rd St., said the catfish were large because they were old and could find plenty of food in the Kaw to eat, such as small fish, frogs, crawdads and snakes.
"Anything that wiggles and moves, they'll eat," he said.
Brice Waddill/KANSAN
Jim Russell. Lawrence resident, batts his hook in hope of catching something to fill the frying pan. He was fishing Easter day on the Kaw River dam across from the Bowersock Mills and Power Co. Sixth and New York streets. Russell never caught it himself; he settled for a lot of nibbles and a five-inch pot, which he tossed boiled.
Brice Waddill/KANSAN
okers spent 15 hours this weekend
they held field trips
it took about two hours last week
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ds but none of them unlocked the door.
hance, he said, he tried his own key in
ek. it worked and the mission began.
day night the four men walked to all the Onaisy Hill and asked for newspapers, but were told that the papers were saved to lie to the Boy's Club paper drive.
he started crumpling papers they had
at 7 p.m. Saturday night and quit at
8 p.m.
e kind of had a system." Duffy said.
person would be unfolding the paper
be others would be crumpling them up
using them in."
in time they gathered a load of papers, thought that they had enough to finish the room. The project was completed 8 trips to the paper drop. Smart said she used the women to return the papers, to the paper drop after they left the room.
y said they hit a dry spell where they it find enough papers. The only thing was to go to the source. Duffy and called the Roy's Club but no one Dr. The drove to the paper drop atrium St. and filled their trunk with papers.
OW — The Soviet Union accused the administration yesterday of "a gross missile count and of pursuing a policy" by dismissing Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev's call for a ram-on-the-run war against the US. administration
wishes neither the arms reduction nor the renunciation of the arms buildup" sought in arms control talks, the official Tass news agency reported. It entered their fifth week in Geneva yesterday.
four began working again at 5 p.m. and finished at 3 a.m.
Gorbachev announced Sunday that he had accepted President Reagan's call for a summit and would unilaterally designate the new European Security SS-20 missiles targeted on Western Europe.
oviets call S.count 'gross lie'
ed Press International
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE quickly dismissed the move as "not enough," citing a 10-1 Soviet superiority in medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe.
The deployment of 572 medium-range U.S. missiles in five European nations began in late 1983 as part of a 1979 NATO plan to counter the SS-20s. The United States said the Soviets had 414 SS-20s operational, two-thirds of them aimed at western Europe.
Tass said yesterday that U.S. officials used "stale arguments" of Soviet missile superiority to reject Gorbachev's proposal and accused them of ignoring the facts. Tass also said U.S. officials failed to include British and French forces in their missile count.
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